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WEDNESDAY, 22 OCTOBER 2003
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
You took it in 2016. You've been sitting down since.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You asked the chatbot if you were a good parent. It said "absolutely" before…
- Youth is wasted on the young. You wasted yours too. Old age is next,…
- Find your purpose. It's in the drawer with the takeaway menus and a key…
- Somebody, somewhere, is checking their phone hoping it's you. It's a debt collector.
- "Let's take this offline" means "let's never speak of this again." That's also the…
- Monday morning has the energy of a printer that knows you're in a hurry.…
- You "love deeply". Mostly a fictional man who doesn't know you exist. Neither do…
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